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Abreu Homers Off Rivera in 9th, Angels Beat Yanks — NEW YORK (AP) — Bobby Abreu hit his second homer of the game, a two-out, two-run shot off Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels then pulled a trick to trap Curtis Granderson for the final out to beat the New York Yankees 6-4 Tuesday night.
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Tyler Kepner / New York Times:
These Aren't the Angels You Remember — The Philadelphia Phillies traded Bobby Abreu in 2006, and soon they won the World Series. Then the Yankees let Abreu go, and they won, too. — “My teammates, they wanted to have a ring,” Abreu said on Tuesday, sitting by his locker in the visiting clubhouse at Yankee Stadium.
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Willingham, Suzuki Homer as As Beat Blue Jays — TORONTO (AP) — Josh Willingham and Kurt Suzuki homered, Rich Harden pitched seven strong innings for his first career win over Toronto, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Blue Jays 4-1 on Tuesday night. — Harden (3-2) came in -3 with a 5.74 ERA …
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Shields Throws 6-Hitter as Rays Top Royals 4-0 — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — James Shields threw a six-hitter for his major league-best eighth complete games this season, Evan Longoria homered and had four RBIs, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 4-0 on Tuesday night.
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Allen Barra / Village Voice:
C.C. Sabathia: Just How Big a Problem? — Everything about C.C. Sabathia is big, so I guess it's natural that his flaws are also big. After Saturday's disastrous outing with a 10-4 loss to the Red Sox at Fenway, Yankees fans must be worrying that C.C.'s big flaw could be fatal.
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Clint Hurdle confident Pirates can take punch and bounce back — LAST UPDATED 34 minutes and 45 seconds ago … Clint Hurdle is in his first season as Pirates manager. (AP Photo)
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Wang throws 6 scoreless, Nationals beat Cubs — CHICAGO—Chien-Ming Wang allowed one hit over six scoreless innings, Jonny Gomes hit a two-run homer and the Washington Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 3-1 on Tuesday night. — In his third start — and first on the road …
Mike Fitzpatrick / Associated Press:
Mets rally late again to beat Padres 5-4 — NEW YORK—Rookie reliever Josh Spence walked light-hitting Ruben Tejada to force home the tiebreaking run and the New York Mets rallied late for the second consecutive game against San Diego's usually dependable bullpen, beating the Padres 5-4 on Tuesday night.
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Tulowitzki's homer backs Rogers in Rockies win over Reds — CINCINNATI, Ohio — Troy Tulowitzki hit a two-run homer, Esmil Rogers pitched just well enough for six innings and the Colorado Rockies sent the Cincinnati Reds to their fifth loss in six games with a 3-2 win on Tuesday night.
Vinny Cartiglia / MetsBlog.com:
Game 115: Mets vs. Padres at 7:10 pm — Tonight in Citi Field, the Mets will continue their four game series against the Padres at 7:10 pm. — Here are the starting lineups for tonight's game: — Chris Capuano (9-10, 4.44 ERA) will toe the rubber for the Mets.
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Amazin' Avenue
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Colorado Rockies pitcher Juan Nicasio able to walk in Denver hospital — CINCINNATI — Rockies rookie pitcher Juan Nicasio made progress Monday, walking for the first time since he was hit in the head by a line drive and the C1 vertebra in his neck was fractured Friday night.
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Purple Row
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Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Draft pick Houchins unlikely to sign with Nats — CHICAGO — Shortstop Zach Houchins, a 15th-round selection in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft, said Monday it is unlikely that he will sign a professional contract with the Nationals. — Houchins said he hasn't heard from the club since June …
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
Dustin Pedroia takes flight on SI — Here's the cover of the new Sports Illustrated. Poor Terry Francona is never going to hear the end of this.
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